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AgentPete
Dandelion Break The AI Business Model Is Insane (And Probably Evil)
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Pamela Jo
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo - November 2025 official thread
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Nikky Lee
Nikky Lee
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Wednesday, 12th November, 2025
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The idea is to die ...
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Bloo
Bloo
Hannah Faoileán
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The Nifty November Challenge!
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The Huddle Huddle November 15th - 5.00pm UK time
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James Charles
James Charles
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Nifty November Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel ...
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248
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Competition for Spotify
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69
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Craft Chat Memory, MAGA, Madeleines & Manipulation: The Power of Nostalgia
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134
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Tuesday, 11th November, 2025
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AgentPete
AgentPete
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi - I'm Steph!
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Bloo
Bloo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Anxiety is thought without ...
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267
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sincerity makes the very least person to be ...
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253
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sincerity makes the very least person to be ...
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242
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet ...
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2
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281
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Saturday, 8th November, 2025
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436
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Friday, 7th November, 2025
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If only we’d stop trying to be ...
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239
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Interactive Storytelling-cake or death?
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283
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Thursday, 6th November, 2025
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at ...
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266
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South November 5th - 8.00am UK time (please note UK is now back on GMT)
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507
wrightstuff
wrightstuff
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Ominous October Results!
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298
James Charles
James Charles
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than ...
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275
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Writing omniscient?
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12
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436
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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325
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We are so lightly here. It is in ...
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297
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
News Weekly Update from AgentPete
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278
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sedayne
Craft Chat How to write layered stories, not stereotypes - free video talk
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262
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Two things motivate me: death and ...
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240
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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391
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Our heads are round so that our ...
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3
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286
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Storytelling Festival in Wicklow: The Yarn
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290
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Review The Bullshit Machines
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262
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I put instant coffee in a microwave and ...
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258
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo sign up
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10
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454
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
News The return to reading-Social Media Usage Drops
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264
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Freebie Horror Seminar
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240
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes when we lack motivation or procrastinate, there’s a ...
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297
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sedayne
News New(ish) Lit Mag for Writers Over 50
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359
Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Latest Publishing News
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293
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a ...
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288
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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321
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Pamela Jo
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Newbie :)
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7
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Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you ...
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1
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286
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Latest Publishing News
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327
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children ...
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315
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Self-Publishing Audiobook-101
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0
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285
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of ...
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3
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326
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break AudioBook- pick the Vikings over the guy who ruined LOTR
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295
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Sex scenes- How the Irish Do It
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332
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I ...
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272
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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One Perfect Sentence - The Ominous October Challenge
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21
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683
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Latest Book News
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795
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It’s hard to make predictions ...
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310
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Scintillating September Results!
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7
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484
Squilliam
Squilliam
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up ...
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314
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Craft Chat Free Seminar: Short Mystery Fiction
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4
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408
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I learned that one can never go back, that one should ...
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3
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345
E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat TYM on the Diff between an ego project and a heart project
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0
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299
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Humility is not thinking less of ...
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1
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314
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do something today that your ...
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1
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340
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I was a vegetarian until I ...
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5
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407
E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
News Creatives are especially vulnerable to AI
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307
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Common sense and a sense of humour are the ...
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2
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378
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the ...
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1
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338
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sarit
Self-Publishing The Correction book trailer
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7
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415
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you obey all the rules ...
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0
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321
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Line editing course from Tiffany Yates Martin, anyone?
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1
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355
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Pamela Jo
News What other upfeckery can we expect from AI?
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0
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309
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Crying is just the way your eyes ...
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0
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318
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Golden Hour, Interrupted
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0
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298
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Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Ominous October Challenge!
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9
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653
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Hope is optimism with a ...
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0
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301
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Self-Doubt
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0
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295
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Pamela Jo
Fanfare! Crimebits 2, out now-and I'm in it!
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5
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409
Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Real relaxation is about relaxing, even in the ...
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1
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347
E G Logan
E G Logan
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Please Comment: You’ve Got Your Mother in a Whirl
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0
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331
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat How good is buying audiobooks in a bookstore?
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0
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307
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Please Comment: More on AI
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0
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328
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Some books are so familiar that ...
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0
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319
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: How Interesting Are Your Characters?
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0
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306
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From Our Blog
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day How do you know if it’s time to wash the dishes and clean ...
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14
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496
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Books have the same enemies as ...
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0
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336
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Gold is a pain in the ass, Part 2
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0
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324
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From Our Blog
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Ream (kind of like Royal Road) fiction event
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3
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403
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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1
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1K
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Life is like a library owned by an ...
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5
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408
E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Fanfare! You May Be Interested...
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4
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432
Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen
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Please Comment: Anthologising
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0
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285
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From Our Blog
BrianY
Craft Chat A Surprise at Reedsy
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1
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331
Sedayne
Sedayne
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Aspirational August Challenge!
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5
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735
Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
Gatchemo
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer.
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664
David Newrick
David Newrick
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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7
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861
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Comedy is simply a funny ...
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3
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346
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Stay True to Yourself-a writer after 50 years of rejection
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0
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289
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Any more info on the audiobooks children talk in the Bookseller?
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1
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331
Claire G
Claire G
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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514
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán

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